info-3b2@lamc (Info-3b2 Mailing List) (09/04/88)
Info-3b2 Digest, Number 12
Sunday, September 4th 1988
Today's Topics:
Re: C 4.2
Re: C 4.2
3B Journal (Should be "2B or not 2B Journal")
Re: C 4.2
fax software for 3b2
Re: C 4.2
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From: lll-tis!lll-crg!netsys.COM!len (Len Rose)
Subject: Re: C 4.2
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 88 8:23:34 EDT
> Hmm. I have had no trouble at all with 4.2 and elm, perl, smail including
> alpha testing smail 3.1. The only problem I have noticed is with vnews and
> believe that is in the software rather than the compiler as it does fine on
> another machine with the same compiler.
>
> Charlie
Which version of sgs,esg are you using?
Mine is:
SGS 4.2
ESG 4.1
Dunno if this makes much difference though.. As far as rn went,it had to be
hacked to pieces.. perl would compile but failed it's evaluation suite and
failed to function correctly on any script.. News software compiles fine of course.
Len
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Len Rose - Netsys,Inc.
len@ames.arc.nasa.gov or len@netsys (soon to be netsys.COM)
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Subject: Re: C 4.2
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 88 22:38:21 CDT
From: Rich Andrews <sun!texsun!rich%jolnet>
>
> --- Forwarded mail from netsys!len
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> >From netsys!len Fri Sep 2 12:06:21 1988
> Date: Fri, 2 Sep 88 15:00:40 edt
> From: len@netsys.COM (Len Rose)
> Message-Id: <8809021900.AA18330@netsys.COM>
> Organization: Netsys,Inc.
> Phone: 301-371-4497
> X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (6.3 6/25/88)
> To: info-3b2
> Subject: C 4.2
>
> That is it.. I've had it.
>
> I am dumping 4.2 and going back to my old version of the
> compiler.. After fighting and scratching with rn,elm,perl
> to compile on this bloody thing I have given up.. The last
> straw was perl.. I was re-building it under the new compiler
> with disastrous results..
>
> Who else has had the same troubles?
>
> --
> Len Rose - Netsys,Inc.
> len@ames.arc.nasa.gov or len@netsys (soon to be netsys.COM)
>
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i have kept the same libraries here with 100% success rate on re-compiles...
rich andrews
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From: lll-tis!ames!rutgers!princeton.princeton.edu!mccc!pjh
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 88 18:43:34 EDT
Subject: 3B Journal (Should be "2B or not 2B Journal")
Pat,
I got the same card, and I can recall getting only one issue. Sounds
like vaporpaper to me.
Pete Holsberg UUCP: {...!rutgers!}princeton!mccc!pjh
Technology Division ...!att!jonlab!mccc!pjh
Mercer College CompuServe: 70240,334
1200 Old Trenton Road GEnie: PJHOLSBERG
Trenton, NJ 08690 Voice: 1-609-586-4800
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From: lll-tis!ames!sunybcs!sigmast!dgy
Subject: Re: C 4.2
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 88 22:42:24 EDT
> I am dumping 4.2 and going back to my old version of the
> compiler.. After fighting and scratching with rn,elm,perl
> to compile on this bloody thing I have given up.. The last
> straw was perl.. I was re-building it under the new compiler
> with disastrous results..
>
> Who else has had the same troubles?
It's not the compiler, actually, it's the optimizer that's causing
you grief. I couldn't get perl 2.0 to pass even the simplest tests
without either giving the wrong answer or dying with EMT traps,
segmentation violations, memory faults, etc. Once I took the "-O"
out of the Makefile and recompiled it ran fine. I sent Larry Wall
mail suggesting that Configure should show you what CFLAGS and LDFLAGS
will be used, not just the "additional" ones.
--
Dave Yearke, Sigma Systems Technology, Inc.
5813 Main St, Williamsville, NY 14221
...!sunybcs!sigmast!dgy
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Date: Sat, 3 Sep 88 22:44:14 EDT
From: hoptoad!ucf-cs!novavax!bigbroth!rk
Subject: fax software for 3b2
Is there any software out there for the 3b2 which will perform fax functions.
For example when the modem answers the fax machine's call, it recognizes it is
talking to a fax and translates the received characters to an ascii file and
sends a mail message to the system postmaster. Outgoing fax would
translate the outgoing ascii file to whatever format the fax machine
which answers requires to print out the file.
If this exists it would 1) save the cost of the fax hardware. 2) allow
much higher print-out quality on our system laser and 3) allow shorter
connect times if both systems had the trailblazer modem.
BTW: I just joined this mailing list. It's great to meet people who
don't give the standard response when I tell them I have a 3b2, which
is either "Oh, one of those, sorry" or "What's that?".
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Rohan Kelley -- UNIleX Systems, Inc. (Systems and software for lawyers)
UUCP: ...{gatech!uflorida,ucf-cs}!novavax!bigbroth!rk
ATTmail: attmail!bigbroth!rk
3365 Galt Ocean Drive, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308 Phone: (305) 563-1504
"Go first class or your heirs will" -somebodyelse
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From: len@netsys.COM (Len Rose)
Subject: Re: C 4.2
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 88 10:12:00 EDT
Ahh..
> It's not the compiler, actually, it's the optimizer that's causing
> you grief. I couldn't get perl 2.0 to pass even the simplest tests
> without either giving the wrong answer or dying with EMT traps,
> segmentation violations, memory faults, etc. Once I took the "-O"
> out of the Makefile and recompiled it ran fine. I sent Larry Wall
> mail suggesting that Configure should show you what CFLAGS and LDFLAGS
> will be used, not just the "additional" ones.
What were your experiences with rn and the "getpwd" bug? Are there any
explanations why the optimizer has been screwed? Maybe my libraries are
screwed.. Rich at jolnet said he is using the old libraries.. I may give
that a try.
--
Len Rose - Netsys,Inc.
len@ames.arc.nasa.gov or len@netsys (soon to be netsys.COM)
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Info-3b2 Digest, Number 12
Friday, September 9th 1988
Today's Topics:
Problem installing TeX 2.93 on a 3B2/400
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Date: Thu, 8 Sep 88 08:38 EDT
From: <lll-tis!lll-crg!ULKYVX.BITNET!OPRMEH> (Michael Harpe)
Subject: Problem installing TeX 2.93 on a 3B2/400
[NOTE: I posted this to TeXHax as well. I just thought i'd try this
list also since I haven't been receiving TeXHax for a few days.]
I am attempting to install TeX 2.93 and friends from the latest Washington
tape onto a 3B2/400 with the floating point C compiler (fpcc). All goes
well until time to compile the last module of C code (tex8.c). The compile
fails with a compiler error indicating that the switch table has overflowed.
This also happens when I try to compile DVItype for the trip test.
I have looked everywhere for some kind of switch I can set to avoid this.
I looked in web2c, tex.web (forget it, I don't pretend to understand it)
and other places. I did find a reference in tex.web to something that causes
defualt cases to be created by web interpreters. That is what seems to
be needed to fix my problem.
If you have experienced this, please respond directly to me. I appreciate
any help anyone can supply
Michael Harpe
Computer Operations Advisor
Dahlem CADL
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University of Louisville AMPR: N4PLE @ ARTS
Louisville, KY 40292
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*********************root@netsys.COM (09/12/88)
Am wondering if the 3b2/300 can run any other operating system besides Unix?
No paricular reason except I think it would be fun to fool around with
another OS for awhile. Was thinking maybe MINIX would run on it, not sure
though.
Even if there isn't another OS that runs on it, is there another OS you would
LIKE to see on a 3b2? And why would you like to have it?
Thanks,
Ewan Grantham
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